(しなぶそく)

しなぶそく
noun
shortage of goods; supply shortage
businesseconomicsshopping
1. shortage of goods; short supply
A situation in which the amount of a product available for sale falls short of demand. Used of individual items on store shelves as well as of a whole market.
マスク品不足(しなぶそく)だ。
Masks are in short supply.
Vegetables ran short because of the typhoon.
部品(ぶひん)品不足(しなぶそく)(つづ)いており、新車(しんしゃ)納車(のうしゃ)半年待(はんとしま)ちだそうだ。
The parts shortage is continuing, and delivery of a new car reportedly takes six months.

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